History Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

History involves documenting and explaining past events, particularly those related to specific places or subjects. Its aim is to enhance our understanding of the past and present social, political, religious, and economic conditions of a community.

• Question 471:

  The Kanem-Borno Empire prospered due to its control over

  Options:
  A) Ivory trade
  B) Salt trade
  C) Gold trade
  D) Copper trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 472:

  The ______ presides over the Shariah Law court in the Sokoto Caliphate

  Options:
  A) Hakimi
  B) Dogari
  C) Maaji
  D) Alkali
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 473:

  How many states did General Murtala Mohammed create?

  Options:
  A) 5
  B) 7
  C) 9
  D) 11
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 474:

  The last ruler of the Ogiso dynasty in the Benin Empire was

  Options:
  A) Oba Eweka
  B) Oba Owodo
  C) Oba Oranmiyan
  D) Oba Ewuare.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 475:

  The Ekiti Parapo was an alliance against

  Options:
  A) the Muslim incursion into Yorubaland
  B) the rising power of Ibadan
  C) Christian missionary presence in Yorubaland
  D) the abolition of the slave trade.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 476:

  Which of the following formalized colonial penetration into Africa?

  Options:
  A) Brussel Conference
  B) Paris Treaty
  C) Berlin conference
  D) Treaty of Versale
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 477:

  Every citizens of Benin kingdom is an Oba's subject and were regarded as ________

  Options:
  A) Oore
  B) Eghavbon Ogba
  C) Uzama
  D) Ovie
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 478:

  Educated elites did not like the system of indirect rule in Nigeria because it

  Options:
  A) make provision for them
  B) was exploitative and cumbersome
  C) made traditional rules powerful
  D) did not make provision for them
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 479:

  Before the fall of apartheid and expansion of franchise to all residents of the country, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for

  Options:
  A) 37 years
  B) 18 years
  C) 27 years
  D) 26 years
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 480:

  United Nation Organization emerge as a result of collapse of ____________

  Options:
  A) League of Nigeria (LON)
  B) League of Nations (LON)
  C) European Union (EU)
  D) Nation of the World ( NTW)
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  The correct answer is B .